DEAF LINE

JANUARY 2018

DEAF SOCIAL/SUPPORT GROUP

For more information, contact Sarita: • [email protected] • 224-520-9763

DEAF SOCIAL/SUPPORT GROUP

VALENTINE’S DAY LUNCHEON

Celebrate Valentine’s day with the Luncheon at Schaumburg Township!

Wednesday, February 14, 2018 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. At: Schaumburg Township, One Blvd., Hoffman Estates, IL

FUN GAMES DOOR PRIZES

Menu

♦ Italian Beef with roasted peppers & giardiniera ♦ Penne Pasta a la marinara ♦ Tossed Garden Salad ♦ French Bread Rolls

Cost: $13 per person

Desserts - Please bring a dessert to share with others.

Either pay to Sarita at her office, during the January’s Deaf Support Group or mail a check (payable to Schaumburg Township) to: Sarita Phadke, Schaumburg Town- ship Deaf Services, One Illinois Blvd., Hoffman Estates, IL 60169.

Deadline : February 7, 2018

For more informaon, contact Sarita Phadke: 224-520-9763 VP or [email protected]

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Every 3rd Tuesday of the month Deaf Social/ (unless a different day is mentioned below)

Dates Support Group (subject to change)

2018 January 16th February 14th (2nd Wednesday) Time: No meeting in March 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. April 17th May 15th Location: June 19th Schaumburg Township July 17th One Illinois Blvd., August 21st Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 September 18th October 16th Please RSVP to Sarita Phadke: November 13th (2nd Tuesday) ♦ 224 -520 -9763 VP December 11th (2nd Tuesday) ♦ [email protected]

GREAT APPRECIATION

Schaumburg Township Disability and Senior Services would like to thank all sponsors & donations for our Senior/Disabled Holiday Party and Kids’ Holiday Party. Below is the list of holiday sponsors and donors.

Senior/Disabled Holiday Party: Sponsors: Illinois Telecommunications Access Corporation (ITAC), Wintrust Bank, Ms. Bobbi Sloan and Bob Schmidt.

Kids’ Holiday Party Sponsors: Village Tavern & Grill, Pilot Pete’s, Schaumburg -Hoffman Lions Club, B & A Plumbing, Sunshine Siding and Window, Bolger Properties, and Carpenters Union Local 839. Donations : 101.9fm THE MIX and 100.3 WSHE , Ala Carte Entertainment, Arlington International Racecourse, Chicago Bears, Chicago White Sox, Chipotle, Culver’s, Hoffman Estates Park District, Hyatt Regency Schaumburg Chicago, Improv Comedy Club, Lou Malnati’s, Lynfred Winery, Medieval Times, Sam & Harry’s Restaurant at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center Hotel, Schaumburg Park District, Schaumburg Prairie Center for the Arts, Shedd Aquarium, and The Cheesecake Factory.

3 DEAF SENIOR GATHERINGS IN 2018

Below is a list of gathering of Deaf Senior Citizens :

All Angels Guild Senior Citizens : This group meets on the 1st Thursday of the month, at the Episcopal Church of Our Savior, 116 E. Church Street in Elmhurst, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The dates are: January 4th, February 1st, March 1st, April 5th, May 3rd, June 7th, August 2nd, September 6th, October 4th, November 1st & December 6th (Christmas luncheon). No gatherings in July. For more information, contact Barbara Pacourek: 630 -984 -4251 VP or bpacourek@aim -cil.org

CDS (Chicagoland Deaf Seniors) : This group meets every 2 months except summer (January, March, May, September and November). For meeting dates/locations, events or membership, contact the CDS’President, Jim Lomanto: [email protected]

CBS/HAD (Congregation Bene Shalom/Hebrew Association of the Deaf) Senior Citi- zens: This group meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month, at Congregation Bene Shalom of the Deaf, 4435 W. Oakton, Skokie, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The cost of lunch is $3 per person. The dates are: January 3rd, February 7th, March 7th, May 2nd, June 6th, August 1st, September 5th, October 3rd, November 7th & December 5th. No gatherings in April & July. For more information, contact Nona Balk: [email protected]

Joliet Deaf Senior Citizens: This group meets on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, at Croatian Cultural Club, 1503 Clement Street, Joliet, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (doors will open at 9 a.m.). The admis- sion fee is $8. Bring your own lunch or buy at the club. Do not bring any outside drinks because water, soda and coffee will be available for sale. The dates are: January 10th, February 14th, March 14th, April 11th, May 9th, June 13th, July 11th, August 8th, September 12th, October 10th, Novem- ber 14th, and December 5th (Christmas party). For more information, contact Marian Klbecka: 815 - 306 -0549 VP.

Rockford Senior Citizen for the Deaf: This group meets on the 2nd Thursday of the month, at Center for Sight & Hearing, 8038 MacIntosh Lane, Rockford, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The dates are: January 11th, February 8th, March 8th, April 12th, May 10th, June 14th, July 12th, August 9th, September 13th, October 11th, November 8th, & December 13th (Christmas party). For more information or cost, contact Joseph Siudzinski: 815 -572 -4819 VP.

St. Francis Borgia Deaf Senior Citizens: This group meets on the 4th Thursday of the month. The dates are: January 25th, February 22nd, March 22nd, April 26th, May 24th, June 28th, July 26th, August 23rd, September 27th, October 25th, November 15th and December 19th (Christmas luncheon). The location is at Stokes Hall, 8025 W. Addison Street, Chicago, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (doors will open at 9 a.m.). The admission cost is $2. Bring your own lunch. There will be bingo, jackpots, and raffles. For more information, contact Annette Langston: 708 -223 -2125 VP or [email protected]

4 Our Ugly Christmas Sweater Party was a hit! Everyone enjoyed the Ugly Sweater contest and fun games! Great Appreciation for Lou Malnati’s in Schaumburg for donating delicious pizzas!

Thanks, Debbie Davis, for taking some lovely pictures!

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SPORTS NEWS SCHOOL FUNDRAISING ♦ Chicago Club of the Deaf EVENTS (CCD) will host their 52nd Annual Percy Burris Individual Handicap ♦ NESSEO & Hersey Deaf Deaf Bowling Tournament on Sat- Alumni Association will host urday, January 6, 2018, at Town & Country Lane, the ASL Movie Night - “Hedy & Hedi: The Lost 2231 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL. The cost of fan Sisters”, on Saturday, January 20, 2018, 7:30 p.m., admission is $7; $5 for social night. For more in- at John Hersey High School, 1900 E. Thomas formation, check www.chicagoclubdeaf.org or Street, Arlington Heights, IL. This movie is both send an email to [email protected] signed and captioned and has no sound. The cost

♦ West Suburban Association of the Deaf (WSAD) is $10 online (https://goo.gl/wT6CL3); $15 at the will have their 21st Annual Invitational Basketball door. Proceeds go to scholarship programs. For Tournament on Saturday, January 20, 2018, 9 a.m. more information, email herseydeafalumni@ gmail.com to 9 p.m., at Bethel Baptist Church, 200 N. Roselle Road, Schaumburg. The admission cost for fans is ♦ Hinsdale South High School Foundation will have $10; free for children under 12. There will be food their fundraising event on Thursday, February 8, & drinks for sale. For more information, contact 2018, 5 to 8 p.m., at the Portillo’s located at 1500 Bobby Rawalji: [email protected] Butterfield Road, Downers Grove, IL. 20% of the

♦ WSAD will have a Bulls Game Outing on Satur- proceeds will benefit Hinsdale South High School day, January 26, 2018. The Bulls will play against Deaf & Hard of Hearing Alumni Scholarship the L.A. Lakers team at 7 p.m., at United Center, Fund. You must either bring the flyer or show it 1901 W. Madison Street, Chicago. Gates open at on your smartphone. For more information or to 5:30 p.m. The ticket cost is $70 per person. Seats get the flyer with 20% coupon, contact Terry will be in Section #332. Interpreters will be availa- Deboer: [email protected] ble. There will be a group photo opportunity on Bulls floor after the game. For more information WSAD ASL or tickets, please contact either Marilyn Russell: STORYTELLING [email protected] or Bobby Rawalji: [email protected]. Visit www.wsad1981.org West Suburban Association of the Deaf (WSAD) hosts a series of IAD BOARD MEETING ASL Storytelling throughout the Spring of 2018. Oak Park Library (834 Lake Street, Oak Park, IL) Illinois Association of the Deaf will have their first Sundays, January 28th, March 25th & May 20th Board meeting in 2018 on Sunday, January 21, 2018, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., at LIFE CIL, 2201 Eastland Drive, Barnes & Noble (297 , Oak Brook, Suite 1, Bloomington, IL. This meeting is open to the IL) public. Saturdays - February 10th, and April 14th 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. SUPER BOWL SOCIAL For more information, contact Marlene De Jesus -

Swoboda Deaf Center (SDC) will host their Super Veach: [email protected] Bowl Social on February 4, 2018, 3 p.m., at SDC, 7050 W. Belmont Avenue, Chicago. The cost is $25 KODA CAMP WEBSITES per person by January 27th; $30 at the door. It includes (For Kids of Deaf Adults) appetizers, dinner, dessert, 2 beer/wine tickets, water, • pop drinks and coffee. There will be switch card games Camp Mark 7 : www.campmark7.org and other games before the football game starts. You • KODAWest : www.kodacamp.com can pay in person at SDC or mail the check (payable to • KODA Camp - Midwest : SDC) to SDC. www.kodacamp.wordpress.com

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JANUARY 2018

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1 2 3 4 5 6 Happy New CBS/HAD All Angels at Epis- IDLA’s event - Year!! Senior gathering copal Church of “The Day of at Congregation Our Savior, three Wise SCH TWP Bene Shalom, Elmhurst; 10am to Kings” at SFB, CLOSED! Skokie; 10am to 3pm Chicago; 2 to 4:30pm 7pm

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ** “Wicked” at Joliet Deaf Sen- Rockford ** “Red Velvet” *“Wicked” at Oriental Thea- ior Citizens at Senior Citizen at Chicago Oriental Thea- tre, Chicago; Croatian Cultur- gathering in CHS Shakespeare tre, Chicago; 2pm (312 -977 - al Club in Joliet; in Rockford; 9am Theater, Chica- 8pm (312 -977 - 1700 #5) 10am to 4pm to 3pm go; 7:30pm (312 - 1700 #5) 595 -5600)

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Martine Luther Deaf Social/ Signing Santa at WSAD’s Basket- King Jr. Day Support Group - Chicago Ridge ball Tournament “Pajama Party” Mall & Louis at Bethel Baptist at SCH TWP; Joliet Mall (see Church, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. page 9 for details) Schaumburg; (224 -520 -9763 9am to 9pm VP) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 CDS General SCH TWP St. Francis Deaf WSAD’s Bulls Chicago Club of Meeting; Loca- Board Meeting Seniors at Stokes Game Outing at the Deaf Meeting tion/time —TBA at SCH TWP, Hall, 8025 W. United Center, at Swoboda Deaf (jim.lomanto@ 7pm Addison Street, Chicago; 7pm Center, Chicago; gmail.com) Chicago; 9am to (www.wsad1981. 5pm

2pm org)

28 29 30 31 WSAD’s ASL Storytelling at Oak Park Library in Oak Park; 1:30pm

SCH TWP refers to Schaumburg * Open ** ASL Inter- Township Captioned preted Show

7 ITAC PROGRAM

Schaumburg Township is one of the ITAC Selection Centers which is available for Amplified phone and CapTel phone viewing or testing. For more information, please call 847 -884 -0030 ext. 2025 V or 224 -520 -9763 VP.

8 OPEN CAPTION MOVIES

Open Capon movies will be shown every Saturday at AMC Streets of Woodfield (601 N. Marn- gale Road, Schaumburg, IL). Deaf Line is published monthly. Any agency, organiza- The movies for January 2018 are: tion, or group may reprint any of our articles provided proper • January 6th at 11 a.m. - Molly’s Game credit is given by name of newsletter and date. • January 13th at 11 a.m. - Paddington 2 Address : Schaumburg Township Deaf Services • January 20th at 11 a.m. - 12 Strong One Illinois Blvd., Hoffman Estates, IL 60169 -3314 • January 27th 10:30 a.m. - Maze Runner - The Death Cure Phone : 224 -520 -9763 VP; 847 -884 -1560 TTY; 847 -884 -0030 V; 847 -884 -0039 Fax (Thanks, Fernando Ochoa, for this informaon) Website : www.schaumburgtownship.org

SIGNING SANTA Disabled Services

Chicago Ridge/Louis Joliet Gerry Bartnicke —Director: 847 -884 -0030 ext 2020; Malls and Eisenhower [email protected] Cooperative are sponsoring Maureen Centeno —Assistant Director: 847 -884 -0030 ext. their Annual Signing Santa 2022; [email protected] SIGNING on Monday, December 18, Sarita Phadke —Deaf Services Coordinator: 224 -520 -9763 SANTA 2017. VP; 847 -884 -1560 TTY; [email protected] Lauren Ewan —Public Relations/Event Coordinator: The event will be held at 847 -884 -0030 ext. 2025; [email protected] two different malls: Sharon DeMarchi -Belter —Benefits Counselor: 847 -884 - ♦ Chicago Ridge Mall, 95th & Ridgeland, 0030 ext. 2024; sdemarchi [email protected] Chicago Ridge, from 9:30 a.m. to Noon ♦ , 3340 Mall Loop Drive, Township Officials Joliet, 4 to 6:30 p.m. Mary Wroblewski —Supervisor For more information, contact Sandy Martinez at Diane Dunham —Trustee 815 -439 -1000. W. Robert Vinnedge —Trustee Jeffrey S. Mytych —Trustee SHIP Nimish Jani —Trustee Timothy M. Heneghan —Clerk PROGRAM John R. Lawson, C.I.A.O. —Assessor Scott M. Kegarise —Highway Commissioner

The Senior Health Insurance Program (SHIP) Schaumburg Township is a Selection Center for offers free individual counseling services at local the Illinois Telecommunications Access Corpora- sites throughout Illinois. There are trained volun- tion (ITAC) Program (Amplified Phones, CapTel teers who can assist with various Medicare issues. Phone and TTYs). There are several SHIP counselors at Schaumburg Township who can assist you in any way. Sarita Phadke is one of the SHIP counselors. For an Wish you a Happy appointment, call 847 -884 -0030 V; 224 -520 -9763 VP New Year with a new SHIP is not affiliated with any insurance com- pany. SHIP counselors do not sell or solicit any and brighter beginning! type of insurance.

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JANUARY 2018

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Wish you a healthy & wonderful year ahead!

♦ Monday, January 1 - Happy New Year! SCH TWP CLOSED

♦ Monday, January 15 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day

♦ Tuesday, January 16 - Deaf Social/Support Group - “Pajama Party” at SCH TWP, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (RSVP by Jan 10th)

♦ Wednesday, January 24 - SCH TWP Board meeting , 7 p.m.

This Deafline Newsletter is printed courtesy of SHIP (Senior Health Insurance Program).